Chapter 73: The Battle of the Indian Ocean (Part II)

Li Zhaoshui meant that the British battleships would be eliminated first, and digging them into the basket would be the dish. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Li Yunhai said: "Deputy Chief of General Staff, our three Dreadnought-class battleships and three battle cruisers, is it too bullying to beat them three old-fashioned battleships?" ”

"Is there less bullying done in the UK? Knowing that we don't have battleships, the British also sent three battleships and seven light cruisers, aren't they bullying? If it weren't for Your Majesty, it would be you Li Yunhai who would be bullied this time. ”

"I understand, Deputy Chief of General Staff, let's bully the British this time, so that they can also know that it is not good to be bullied."

At this time, the observer reported: "Three enemy battleships have occupied the T-shape, and the opponent has stopped sailing. ”

"What does this mean by the British army? Do you want to be a live target? ”

Li Zhaoshui thought for a while and said: "The quality of the British Navy is very high, and it will definitely not make such a low-level mistake, and they must have a reason for doing so, I estimate that they were injured by the submarine's torpedo, and they are unable to move, so it is better to stop and use it as a fixed battery, and it can also improve the hit rate." From the side, it shows that they fought this war with the belief that they would die, you have to be careful, the British are crazy. ”

"Deputy Chief of General Staff, don't worry, our fleet will not enter their range, and will torture them with the main guns on the periphery, and they will not move, just become our target."

Li Zhaoshui saw that Li Yunhai was full of confidence, and he didn't care about him, and began to think about other issues.

More than 10 minutes later, the distance between the two fleets was 12,000 meters, and Li Yunhai ordered the fleet to surround the British escort fleet and start shelling on the periphery, so that it could not enter the range of the opponent.

"Commander, Lan Fang's navy is here, and they have surrounded us."

"I know, their battleships are so big, how can the displacement be more than 20,000 tons."

"Yes, Commander, I have never seen such a large battleship before, much larger than ours, and much more advanced than our battleship, it should be the most advanced battleship in the world, they are very fast, the turrets are closed, and they are all twin-mounted, there are a total of 10 main guns, according to the length of the barrel, it is estimated that it is at least 45 times more than warp."

"Our Royal Navy is outdated, and now it can't even compare to a small country that has just been founded."

"I believe that our British Empire will soon be able to create more advanced battleships."

"Even our British Empire doesn't have such advanced battleships, how can they have them?"

"It must be a good thing done by the Yankees, quick, get the news to the Admiralty immediately."

"Yes, Commander"

Li Yunhai ordered the troops to be distributed in an arc and semi-surrounded the British warships, and the battleships and battlecruisers began to shell the British warships.

This time, Li Yunhai was sure of victory, and Li Yunhai did not arrange for torpedo boats to attack, but only arranged for torpedo boats and destroyers to surround the battleships and battlecruisers to escort the escort to prevent the attack of British mine-striking boats. Li Yunhai's idea was to completely destroy the British warships with the main guns, to slap the British in the face nakedly, to establish the great superiority of the Lanfang-class battleships in naval battles, to be the most advanced maritime hegemon in the world today, and to build momentum for Zhang Wei's future sales of battleships and battlecruisers.

Three Lanfang-class battleships fought against three British former dreadnought battleships, Lanfang-class battlecruisers hit opposing destroyers and torpedo boats, and Lanfang-class destroyers fired torpedoes at places where British warships were densely populated.

The first to fire was the battleship, the No. 1 ship fired first, and after the muzzle flame, the whistling sound of the cannon ejection was heard, and after the shell fell into the sea, the observer reported the results of the shooting, and the firing was overtaken, and the first fire became a cross-border fire; The captain then ordered the fire to continue until it was sunk.

This time, in order to demonstrate the rate of fire of the battleship, Li Yunhai ordered each ship's guns to fire quickly and independently, so that they could fire 2 shells per minute; In order to hit smaller destroyers and fast-moving torpedo boats, the battlecruisers used a salvo of naval guns, and the German ship guns had a fast rate of fire, even which could reach a rate of fire of 3 shells per minute per gun.

6 battleships, 60 main guns salvo, suddenly flames flying, cannon sound shocking the sky, than 20 old battleships salvo scene is more spectacular. The feeling on the British battleship was that the shells of the Lanfang Navy were overwhelming, and they didn't even know how to dodge.

The commander of the British escort fleet is now thinking about how to understand the performance and parameters of the battleships of the Lanfang Kingdom, and report to the Admiralty as soon as possible, and the matter of commanding the battle has become a secondary matter, anyway, it is impossible to hit the warships of the Lanfang Kingdom at this distance, and now it cannot be attacked, it cannot be evaded, and it can only be beaten passively. However, intermittently, there were telegrams sending messages about the battleships of the Lanfang Kingdom. The Lanfang battleships and battlecruisers had a displacement of at least 20000 tons; The speed is at least 20 knots; The battleship was a five-seat twin 305mm main gun, with a range of more than 12,000 meters and a rate of fire of 2 rounds per minute, which was far higher than the guns of the British Imperial battleships; The accuracy of the shooting was generally higher than that of the naval guns of the British Empire; The battleships of the Lanfang Kingdom were equipped with 5 twin 280mm main guns, with a rate of fire of 3 rounds per minute, and the accuracy was even higher than that of the battleships.

While the commander of the British convoy was busy sending telegrams, the warships in the fleet were sunk one after another.

With the continuous correction of the firing distance, from the 3rd round of shooting, the shooting accuracy of the battleships of the Lanfang Kingdom increased significantly. Battleship No. 2 killed the stern main gun of the target battleship during the third round of firing, and caused the detonation of the shells placed under it, which blew up the scene and killed all the surrounding artillerymen, and the consequences of not having a closed turret are like this, it was okay to bully countries without battleships before, but now when encountering a strong opponent, this design is an obvious flaw.

The deck was blackened by artillery fire, the artillery was bombed everywhere, and the lucky ones could still leave a whole corpse, and the unfortunate ones became the residue of the whole place, scattered on the deck all around, with severed hands, lower limbs, internal organs, and even heads that had their scalps off everywhere, and even the British naval officers and men who were all corpses were also in tattered clothes, and their whole bodies were blackened, and they no longer had the elegance of the British Imperial Navy before.

When the No. 3 battleship of the Lanfang Kingdom fired in the fourth round, a cannonball directly hit the British battleship near the side waterline, so that the battleship was seriously injured again, and the sea poured in in large numbers, and the ship gradually tilted, and it seemed that it was irremediable, and the captain gave the order to abandon the ship after consulting the fleet commander.

"Commander, we can't go on like this, even if the war is lost, you can't be so negative, there are still thousands of naval officers and soldiers who need your leadership."

"Hey, those light cruisers and destroyers should have escaped, we have bought them enough time, okay, order, surrender, let these excellent imperial lads all surrender, everyone else will be transferred, this ship will be scuttled, it must not be left to the Lanfang people."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander."

The flagship of the British fleet raised the white flag of surrender, which made Li Zhaoshui very excited, you must know that the Royal Navy of the British Empire, which regards honor as life, how could it surrender? This is even more sensational than a direct sinking.